Games Jobs in the City of London

Gaming
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Games in permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Games over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 166 177
Rank change year-on-year +41 +11 -13
Permanent jobs citing Games 54 70 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.61% 1.47% 1.55%
As % of the General category 2.62% 2.24% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 48 57 67
10th Percentile £36,600 £46,250 £48,700
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -13.79% +16.00%
75th Percentile £64,313 £87,500 £84,375
90th Percentile £68,750 £108,000 £113,500
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -13.79% +16.00%

All General Skills
City of London

Games is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,058 3,125 4,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 61.27% 65.45% 63.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,639 2,558 3,609
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%

Games
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Games as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Games in the City of London

Games
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Games in the City of London.

Salary trend for Games in the City of London

Games
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Games in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Games in the City of London

Games
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.56%) SAS
2 2 (3.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Adobe After Effects
1 4 (7.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (7.41%) Blender
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.22%) Google Workspace
2 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (18.52%) AWS
4 5 (9.26%) Azure
5 4 (7.41%) SaaS
5 4 (7.41%) WhatsApp
6 3 (5.56%) Asana
6 3 (5.56%) GCP
6 3 (5.56%) Google Drive
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.85%) IaaS
8 1 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) Broadband
1 8 (14.81%) DNS
1 8 (14.81%) Firewall
1 8 (14.81%) NAS
1 8 (14.81%) Wireless
2 3 (5.56%) LAN
2 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.70%) HTTP
4 1 (1.85%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.85%) Network Security
4 1 (1.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.67%) MySQL
2 7 (12.96%) Redis
3 3 (5.56%) Neo4j
3 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.56%) Tableau
4 2 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.70%) Power BI
4 2 (3.70%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.85%) Big Data
5 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) JUnit
General
1 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Finance
4 8 (14.81%) Retail
5 6 (11.11%) Advertising
6 5 (9.26%) iGaming
7 4 (7.41%) Banking
7 4 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (5.56%) Marketing
9 2 (3.70%) Law
9 2 (3.70%) Music Industry
10 1 (1.85%) Legal
10 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (16.67%) Senior
2 8 (14.81%) Consultant
2 8 (14.81%) IT Consultant
3 7 (12.96%) Developer
4 5 (9.26%) .NET Developer
4 5 (9.26%) Lead
4 5 (9.26%) Senior Developer
4 5 (9.26%) Software Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Animator
5 4 (7.41%) Games Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Graduate
5 4 (7.41%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Senior Games Developer
5 4 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) IT Support
6 3 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Mac Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) Kafka
2 7 (12.96%) .NET
3 4 (7.41%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 3 (5.56%) Keras
4 3 (5.56%) PyTorch
4 3 (5.56%) TensorFlow
5 2 (3.70%) Node.js
6 1 (1.85%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
2 8 (14.81%) Onboarding
3 7 (12.96%) Algorithms
4 4 (7.41%) Animation
4 4 (7.41%) Mobile Games
4 4 (7.41%) Online Gambling
4 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 4 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (7.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (5.56%) Apple TV
5 3 (5.56%) Social Media
6 2 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.70%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 13 (24.07%) Windows
2 12 (22.22%) Mac OS
2 12 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.56%) Android
3 3 (5.56%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.85%) Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Unix
4 1 (1.85%) VMS
4 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.93%) Computer Science
3 11 (20.37%) Software Engineering
4 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (16.67%) Data Protection
6 8 (14.81%) Asset Management
6 8 (14.81%) Business Continuity
6 8 (14.81%) Identity Management
6 8 (14.81%) IT Audit
6 8 (14.81%) Machine Learning
6 8 (14.81%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (14.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 7 (12.96%) Agile
7 7 (12.96%) Mathematics
7 7 (12.96%) SOLID
7 7 (12.96%) Statistics
8 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
8 6 (11.11%) Microservices
9 5 (9.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) Bash
1 8 (14.81%) Python
2 7 (12.96%) C#
2 7 (12.96%) SQL
3 2 (3.70%) Scala
4 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (46.30%) Degree
2 7 (12.96%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 3 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (5.56%) PhD
4 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (14.81%) SOC 2
2 2 (3.70%) ITGC
2 2 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.85%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (14.81%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.70%) SCCM
3 1 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.85%) WMI
3 1 (1.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (29.63%) Apple
2 16 (29.63%) Google
3 8 (14.81%) VMware
4 7 (12.96%) Adobe
5 4 (7.41%) Logitech
6 3 (5.56%) Instagram
7 2 (3.70%) Cisco